On Your Doorstep!

Being so close to the hustle and bustle of Walk Moodiesburn Glasgow it’s quite suprising how easy it is to access fantastic natural surroundings and and Chryston ur greenspace from our villages. Though some Yo On paths have been neglected over time, the path ight network around the eight villages known as the R Northern Corridor offers an abundance of history ep! both natural and industrial. This leaflet details rst some of the paths and their history, and begins Doo our journey to improve the paths, publicise them to a wider audience and ensure they will remain for the enjoyment and health of generations to Health Walk come. Mondays 9.15 am Meet at the Pivot Centre The historic Strathkelvin Railway Path stretches Moodiesburn 60 minute easy walk for those from Strathblane in the west to Glenboig in the looking to increase their fitness east and joins at two points to the John Muir Way, whilst plans are in place to improve the path, much already takes in beautiful scenery on well surfaced safe pathways. Following the line of several railways the section between Glenboig and Kirkintilloch was part of the Monklands and Kirkintilloch Railway first built in 1826 the first public railway in Scotland and the first to operate steam haulage, after it's closure in the sixties the line became a public right of Leaflet produced way and later a designated core path. The path with support crosses some significant historical points, a from Paths for All Explore History, short walk from Moodiesburn takes you past the site of the Auchengeich colliery, crossing over the newly built M80 extension and leading into Wildlife and East Dunbartonshire passing an iconic viaduct in Lenzie where the Bothlin Burn flows into the Natural Beauty Luggiewater. The picturesque grounds of the former Stoneyetts Hospital provide an opportunity to explore the site and an insight into how the landscape looked before the motorway Stoneyetts Walk Many of our rights of way came about Strathkelvin Railway Path - There are following their daily use by residents, several ways to access this main arterial perhaps as miners paths as men from the path, along the bow-wow which creates a Strathkelvin Railway Path villages made their way to the main source shortcut between the villages of Chryston of employment, dairy paths used by villagers and Moodiesburn, or from Mahon Court, to collect milk or in times long past paths where the Muddyburn which may have such as the ‘Well Brae’ allowed villagers to given name to the village of Moodiesburn Bow wow Path collect water from the local well. joins the Bothlin Burn behind the brooding towers of 17th Century Bedlay Castle. Well Brae Path These fruits of nature along with the teeming invertebrate life in the fields and In addition to the coal industry the villages burns now provide sustenance for an also housed a historic flax mill, a famous amazing variety of wildlife in the area, from distillery and several peat workings, the families of ducks and bats to protected feet of the workers etched many of our mammals such as badgers and otters, our rights of way over the years, perhaps the Lees Walk Path villages and the greenspace between them abundance of edible plants and berries is home to almost the full range of wildlife which line the paths point to historic you would expect to see in the lowlands and foraging as workers grabbed their nearby efforts at reintroducing species such breakfast along the way. as pine martin could eventually lead to a resurgence of species such as the iconic red squirrel. Explore more including photo trails by visiting Contact :Northern Corridor Community Volunteers. www.ourgreenspace.org. www.ourgreenspace.org/doorstep [email protected]. 07905909797.

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